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The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1887-03-12
YOUTHS DEPARTMENT.
A QUEER LAD.
A Poem for Reoitatlons

Once on time, some years ago,
In place 1t matters little to know,
There lived the queerest kind Of lad
You might call him good, or call him bad.
What made him queer? I'll let you see,
II you'll just for minute listen TO me;
Joshua Dow had a sister and brother,
And Joshua Dow had father and motheTi
He was rather good-loolSng, his clothes were
neat,
He'd the best Of homes, and plenty to eat,
And sure this boy was nobody's fool,
He learned his lessons, and went 70 school
But Joshua Dow qCds decidedly queer
Now wait little, and you shall bear:
He had the queerest kind of way,
1t followed him, all through his work and play
Amt you glad be wasn't one OF you brothersi-
OF forgetting sons things, and remembering
others.
he "forgot" to rise at his fsther's call,
"Forgot" and turned his face to the wall,
But never was known In forget to eat
AS soon as ever he got on his feet
"I'll do it, mother" said Joshua Dow,
When he bade her goodbye with his incest bow
Sometimes when he'd started on his way
Only intent on his boyish play,
anu his ulOllIE dShbu MN an plIdllu W uu9
And he'd smile in her face so fond and true,
Then his mind would wander, he'd rather not,
But generally Joshua Dow forgot"
Forgot the errand, mean to say,
But nothing concerning his work or play.
Said Grandpa Joshua, just for one day
Keep up the bars, I'm going away"
eyes, SIR he said, "that's easy to do;
I'll mend my rod tomorrow, TOO"
But the COW got into grandpas corn
He was sorry he wished she'd never bsel
born;
Such troublesome, ugly, greedy COW,
/ almost hate her." said Joshua Dow.
But then-let me whisper-wasn't it odd
That Joshua naended that fishing rOdF
''When you 60 to the store to buy your sled,
Won't you fill this orderf said Uncle Ned;
"Please don I forget the things are needed"
That caution Joshua never needed.
The sled was bought, such beauty, OIL
How Joshua wanted little snow
81 see, my boy, you bought your sled,
Did you fill my order" said Uncle Ned.
81 never thought--but isn't itniceH
If 1 only could have little ice"
Uncle Ned bit his lip, and turned away,
And filled his own order that very day.
Did you ever know, boys did you, now,
Such a one-sided fellow as Joshua Dowf
But stop a minute let's think 1t out
Wen solve the mystery beyond doubII
don't believe he was queer bit
He was only selfish, that was it.
he loved himself he ''forgot" the rest;
Joshua Dow was always the frst and best
wonder If much that we call queer"
II we thought it over, would seem as clear.
But let us be glad there are no boys noD
A queer" or selfish as Joshua Dow.
Emily Baker Smalle, IN Pdnsy.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1887-03-12
Danger from GlanI,rG

An Illinois farmer, whose h ses had the
g'anders and were killed recon Y, died a
few days ago from blOOd-polsu ng, which
was undoubtedly caused by contact with
the diseased animals whom hc cared for,
The CHAMBERS is so dangerous aud hopeless
disease that when a hors Is attacked by
il he should be put out Of tn wy at once.
1t IS one Of the few anim1l q lses liable
20 be communicated TO hum pe.ngs, and
wherever 1t prevails il shou,, Ve stamped
out as quickly as possible
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1887-03-12
PAupERs OF VENICE.

0ne-Fourtb of the City's Population En-
gagged in Professional Begging
Out of population of some 10000
there are 10000 paupers, more than
half of whom are inscribed on its roll
Of professional beggars! Venetian
beggars are not so well of, compare
lively speaking, as their brethren in
other Italian cities which / have Wis
tied. saw, for instance, in Bologna
medicants clad in very fine overcOats
against the b ting breezes of Novem-
Der, squatting self-complacently under
the porticos of churches, or enjoying
their cigars on the pedestals of monu-
ments in the public squares. Some
were like living exemplifcations Of
that celebrated mountain we hear so
much of in Oriental history. Moham-
med must go to them, for they will
not come to Mohammed. In other
words, charitably disposed folk must
move over to those fellows in order to
give them a copper or two; but they
will never bulge an inch to meet the
benefactor These beggars are the
''nobs' or" swells" of the confraternity.
Others will hunt you around now and
then in the churches, or through lanes
and streets outside; and if you tell any
of them that you've got no change, the
invariable reply is: "Oh, let not that
prevent Signor from doing a good turn
we have got plenty of coppers about
Is, you know!n
Here, however, in Venice the beggar
has a very small pile, and seems to be
at the lowest rung of the ladder in the
profession he is following The Vene-
tian lazzaroni swarm like locusts every
where you turn your steps to. Many OF
them are the. humble servants of the
gondoliers, who pay them from three
to four soldi a day, each, in order to
look out for persons who desire a gon-
dola. When you land on the banks of
any canal you are Immediately helped
out of the bank by one of these poor
ldSSCu lCllONSy WIZ Always ApCSOo q
cent for his kindly attentions. The
women here are not by any means SO
pretty as their sisters throughout the
peninsula. They look very pale and
haggard, despite their proximity to the
sea; for they live "cribbed, cabined
and confined" from one end of the year
to the other in those dismally pent-up
lanes and alleys which L have just re.
ferred to. Their costumes, moreover,
do not add any thing to whatever little
physical attractions they may possess
Instead of wearing those tiny black OF
white pieces of textured veil over their
heads--so frequently to be met with ir
Lombardy - they throw over theil
shoulders gray freckled shawls, which
are any thing but picturesque enic
Cor. San Francisco Chronicle.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1887-03-12
Spelling A GHOST.
now a PIuclSy Peddler Frightened Two
Supernatural VisitAnts."

now a Pluoky Peddler Frightened Two
Supernatural VisiLAnts."
Many a ghost story would have met
with an untimely end, had man of
spirit arisen to hunt down the super
natural Visitants Some years ago,
little town in Iowa became greatly ex-
cited over a succession of strange sights
and noises, which had occurred in
Horse-thief Grove, where two criminals
had once been buried. The reports ran
that at twelve o'clock every Friday
night blue and white lights were seen
60 rise from the graves and disappear
In the branches of the trees above.
An enterprising peddler, spending a
night in the town, determined to III
vestigate the ghostly phenomena, al d
having provided himself with pistol,
slipped down to the grove. An eager
and expectant crowd stood on hill Il
convenient distance, waiting to STE
the lights, and, says the invest gator, 1
made up my mind to give them an after
piece that night, as | lay snugly con-
cealed under the bushes near the graves.
[ did not have long to wait before I
heard the sounds had been expectii G
the trampling of feet near me. Look
ing up cautiously, l beheld the sons Of
my host, two very mischievous laos s,
carrying rope and lantern with blue
and white glass, Every thing was pla n
TO me now The boys would creep up
narrow and deep ditch to the graves.
By the aid of rope running over a
pulley fastened in the trees, they could
run the lantern up and down while con.
cealed in the brush some distance off,
relying on the superstitious fear of the
others to prevent discovery.
After they had every thing arranged
and had run the lantern up once, l com
menced saying something in terrify'
ing voice They dropped every thing
and started through the bush like
frightened sheep. l fired few shots
gave blood-curdling yell, and quietly
slipped back to the house. Next morn
ing the excitement was terrible to wit
ness. My hosts house, being the
nearest, was crowded with men wear
ing an awed expression, as if they ex
pected a dire calamity. After hearir
che various conjectures and sugges
lions, arose and told my story. NJ!
statements were borne out by finding
the rope and lantern. Nothing bu
their extreme youthfulness saved tit
perpetrators from something wors,
than the gentle caresses of hickor!
switch. 1 left the next day, but III
warrant that WAS the last of the ghos
Of "Horse-Thief Grove."-0mdAG Bee
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1887-03-12
She Wanted "a Lot"

A little girl of eight summers stepped
into the store of an Italian fruit-vcnder
the other day to buy some peanuts.
She was going to make call upon
friend, and wished to bring something
with her to add to the entertainment.
Stepping up to the fruit-vender, she
said: al want five cents worth of pea
nuts, and" looking appealingly into
the Italians face, please give me a
lot, for there's nine in the family
Boston Budget.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1887-03-12
TIP WAS LONESOME.
A FrlslS, Dog Tells How He Got Into
Mischief or Want Of His Playmate.
G}oo.lN THE WooDsHED,
Sold NV ~ IJr,, Nrrxy NJ V

Misck ior Want of His Playmate.
A3oHIN THE WoODsHED,
Spldb" LAKE CITY, N. Y.
DEAR CHARLIE: Mamma has Just
shut me out, and said l was a very
naughty dog; so l thought I'd jump
into my box and tell you all about it.
Well, tonight, papa and mamma
were eating supper, when the dOor-bell
began to ring, so upstairs they went
and forgot to put me out.
1 thought I'd just see what was on
the table; so I jumped into papa's chair,
and there on plate were some nice
slices of tongue that they had saved for
Caddie's sup er-she hadn't come yet.
Oh, how good they smelt; and, only
think, Charlie, l hadn't had bit of
meat to-day; nothing but bread and
milk. And Caddie could at the bread
and butter and cookies. don't like
them as well as meat, and. oh, how
empty my stomach felt! so l just ate it
up clean.
Then l heard them coming, so 1
jumped down, and was so glad to see
Caddie, who patted me on the head
and called me "good dog"
Pretty soon mamma said: "Why,
where has all that tongue gone TOP"
and looked right at me.
Of course, l didn't pretend to- know
any thing about it, but mamma scolded
me, said was naughty and put me
out, as l have told you.
The man at the market told papa that
he must not feed me much meat, for it
would make me have fits. Now, Char
lie, that isn't so, for l feel a great deal
more like having fits when l don't have
meat; any dog would.
have knawed the toe of papa's old
slipper so that he gave it to me; and |
wear it on my nose whenever go out
to run round the yard and bark.
Every time l hear a boy whistle in
the street, | jump at the window to see
if it is yOu; but it isn't; so back | go to
my old bones in the yard.
l got tired, one day, of gnawing
them, and thought I'd digup mamma
Gala lily. She caughtme att, though
and chased me all around the yard will
a stick. 1t hit the end of my tail once
or twice, but didn't hurt bit; so
shall do it again the first chance get
l call her mamma" because you do
and l heard her tell lady the othe
day that / was all the little boy sh
had, non.
Oh, such a queer-looking thing ha
just peeped in at the window; it hat
green eyes, a tail twice as long as mine
Papa said "kittums, kittums,' and
said 'miew, miew." If it comes in m
yard again, l shall Just pull its tail out
that's all.
, One day l was lying on my back
playing with papa's toe, when MANN
came in and sprinkled some cold waite
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1887-03-12
An Exciting Chase.

venturesome boy, who was skNting
with some companions on the Ken.
lucky river, was CARR d out into the
stream on a broken piece of ice, that
was at once seized by an ice-floe and
carried rapidly away. The boys com
panions were powerless to assist him,
but rush d home and told his father.
The parent mounted a horse and pur-
sued the ice-foe down the river, over.
taking It three miles below the point
whence it had started. For twenty
miles further the father gollOped along
the river-bank, encouraging his son tc
hold out, and then a boat was secured
and the boy rescued. -GoIden Days.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1887-03-12
A Pretty Nest.
Cheer

4 read a story the other Jay which
seemed to teach a useful lesson. A lit
lie bird built its nest very near the
United States Mint, on a roof. A little
boy climbed up there, and looked in on
the little family, and, to his great joy,
found it beautifully lined with gold.
The little bird had carried off gold dust
in its feathers, and shook them out in
its tiny home. What q beautiful nest it
had made for its young! And when l
read it, l thought how nice it would be
if parents and children would all try to
make for one another pretty and
happy home. This is sometimes done,
without great amoant VI money, and
let all who read this, see how much can
be done toward the sweet work of
making happy homes.-"RtngwOOd,"
tn PdnSy.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1887-09-22

this accounts for many of their faults,
it must also be accepted as. explaining
some Of their merits. n we claim
with the ancient philosopher that s.the
virtues of the man and the woman are
the same" we must also admit that
their essential faults are the same;
otherwise we prove too much.
and assume that seclusion has
done our sisters such incalcu-
liable good it seems rather a pity to
draw them from it. For my own part,
/ believe that with equal financial
training and opportunity women win
occasionally steal; not so much prob
ably, even in the end, as men do. but
in proportion sufficient to prove them
human. It is absurd to suppose that
sex which produced SO consumate
bit of fraud as the Boston ''Woman's
Bank" is not capable of other equally
fine strokes in the same direction by
and by. And as the offender in that
case found faithful allies among the
innocent of her own sex, who stoutly
defend her. and put money into her
hands, and denounced in the news
papers anybody who spoke ill of her.
so for long time to come will the
very inexperience of women heighten
and facilitate the guilt of those partic-
ular sisters who are fraudulent The
virtue of women. to be absolutely
secure. must have some thing more
than the negative pro duction OF ig-
norance. Bazaar.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1887-09-22
Why Some People Are Poor.

Silver spoons are used to scrape ket-
ties. Coffee. tea. pepper and spices
are left to stand open and lose their
strength. Potatoes in the cellar grow.
and the sprouts are not removed until
the potatoes become worthless.
Brooms are never hung up, and are
soon spoiled. Nice-handled knives are
thrown into hot water. The flour is
sifted in wasteful manner, and the
bread pan is left with the dough stick
ing to it. Clothes are left on the line
to whip to pieces in the wind. Tubs
and barrels are left in the sun to dry
and fall to pieces. Dried fruits are not
taken care of in season, and become
wormy. Rags, string and paper are
thrown into the fire. Pork spoils for
want of salt, and beef because the
brine wants scalding. Bits of meat,
vegetables, bread and cold buildings
are thrown away when they might be
warmed, steamed and served as good
as new.-United Presbyterian.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1887-09-22

likely to do more than wonder wi.se
they see Mr.. blaine hob-nobbing WITT
British royalty
This, however, is matter which
concerns chiefly the Republican SUP
porters of Blaine and his Presidential
aspirations. To the outsider there is
occasion for neither pride nor anxiety
in his association with the heir-appa-
rent to the throne of Great Britain and
India There is room, perhaps, for
some curiosity. Knowing that man
of Blaine's attachments can gain moth
ing from the Pri nee, either of political
or practical information, or even Of
insight into the habits of good society.
one can not help feeling that it is the
Prince who has sought the intimacy.
So feeling, we must speculate some.
what as to his purpose. Is he after in.
formation as to diplomacy, the man.
agement of a lobby, the packing Of
caucuses, the use of '.infooence" with
legislators or the art of getting in ION
the ground foor'' of enterprises that
need legislative aid? Or is he looking
for points in the art of letter-writing
and the propriety of letter-burning?
If either of these is his object the
Prince has struck the right man. More
than any other American, distin-
guished or obscure, Mr.. Blaine can en-.
tighten Wales upon all these matters.
Detroit Free Press.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1887-09-22
PRESS COM MENTS.
Dear G. A. R.-The w A

Dear G. A. R.-The w A r is
over MilUdukee Journal.
futile of Iowa, will have to
look to his laurels or Foraker will get
up reputation as the prize fool of the
season.-Boston Times.
Whenever the Republican party
tries to stop waving the bloody shirt,
it waves the party. Louis Repub-
licdn.
--Colorow is becoming the Tuttle
of the frontier. but in the absence of
COTTON bales he handles other material
St Louis Post-Dispatch
The talk of rivalry between Gov
ernor Hill and President Cleveland is
Republican bosh. No good Democrat
should be fooled by it.-Bufalo Times.
If the Grand Army is to be
swung into line next year rs portion
of the voting strength of the Repub-
lican party the organization viii for
felt large part of the reputation it
has possessed in the past. Boston
Herald.
Here's to Iowa: may she pass
under the control OF true anu ta1tn1ui
Democrats and come up to the support
of the President and the party in Con-
gress in their fight against tie power
of fraud, force and frenzy. -L2~tsvilte
Courier Journal.
-Colwell Post, G. A. R., of Car
isle, Pa, and o. j. Crane Post, of
Cleveland, have joined the long line of
protestants against disloyal follies ut
tered in the narne of the Grand Army.
The latter's prcnuneiamento seems to
go to the heart of the matter when it
says: .This post looks with disappro-
baton and condemnation upon every
and any demonstration Of disyespect
toward the legally-constituted Execu-
tive of the National Government, the
same being subversive of the founda-
ton principles of the Grand Army OF
the Republic" Foraker never rose t.
such pitch of patriotism as this
Chicago Herald
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1887-09-22
BLAINE AND WALES.
Matters on Which the Plumed knight
Can Enlighten the Gay Prince.

Matters Which the Piumed Knight
Can Enlighten the Gay Prince.
The intimate relations between our
Blaine and England's Wales are well
calculated to raise flutter in the Re-
publican bosom. It will not be a
wholly pleasurable emotion, but a
mingled futter, so to speak, of pride
and anxiety. There will be pride that
the plumed one is recognized by the
great ones of the earth as one of their
own kidney; but there will be anxiety
also lest his intimacy with this partic-
ular great one may prejudice him in
the fishing excursion upon which he
has gone for the Irish vote. And, I'M
fortunately, there is more ground for
the pride than the anxiety. Aside
from the fact that he is a Prince there
is nothing great about Fl. R. II. He
has achieved no distinction on the
score OF personal ability. He is neither
wise nor learned except in court ETH
quette, and his moral reputation is
seriously "off color" Except by vir-
tue of his station he confers no honor
or distinction upon any American
citizen by receiving him upon
terms even of equality; and he certain
" can confer none on a citizen who
has been exalted as Mr.. Blaine has and
who holds the position lie does even
now in the estimation of a large num-
Der of his fellow-citizens. Pride, there
fore, in his recognition by the Prince,
has an extremely flimsy foundation
and will chiefly be felt by those of
MIR. Blaine's admirers, who are given
to toadyism or anglomania.
For anxiety, on the other hand, there
really are excellent grounds. What
ever the Prince may be personally, he
represents system which Ireland
and Irishmen have found harsh and in
tolerably oppressive and against which
they are to-day in moral, as they may
be at almost any time in actual. revolt.
Even if the Irish were in a condition OF
mind to reason calmly and dispassion-
ately on the subject, they might well
wonder that professed friend of theirs
and a seeker for their support should
run after one who embodies quite as
much as any one person can the OPP
preston they find SO grievous- And
not being. just at present. in such q
condition of mind. the Irish are very
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PAsTEuR.s METHODS.
What Experience Has Shown In the Ma
ter of His Hydrophobia Cure.

What Experience Has Shown In the Mat
ter of His Hydrophobia Cure.
Whether a cure for hydrophobia has
been discovered is still matter Of
doubt The widespread qualification
which sprung up when the news was
flashed throughout the world that M.
Pasteur, the eminent French patholo-
gist had evolved remedy for the dis
ease has given place to doubt created
by evidences which have bred severe
criticisms. So severe, indeed, were
the attacks of certain Vienna pro-
fessors that NJ Pasteur recently
deemed it expedient to defend himself
and his practice in letter addressed
to the Vienna Imperial Society Of
Physicians.
In favor. however, of NJ Pasteur's
position, much that is weighty is Of
fered in the report of royal commits
sion appointed in April of last year by
the British Local Government Board
to investigate NJ Pasteur's system.
Many experiments were had with rab-
bits and dogs exposed to the attacks Of
hydrophobic logs and cats. Some of the
subjects were previously inoculated
on NJ. Pasteur's plan; others were
not, and, while only one of the pro-
tected animals died, every one of the
others succumbed. Upon this the
conclusion of the commits
sion is, that sit may be
| deemed certain that NJ. Pas teur has
discovered a method of protection
from rabies comparable with that
| which vaccination affords infection
from smallpox" In support OF this
| inference the commission states that in
fifteen months Pasteur inoculated 2,
682 persons, of whom 81 died of rabies.
Assuming that per ent-the lowest
estimate of mortality among the un-
| protected-would have died If no
method of incubation had been dis
covered, the number of deaths would
have been 1874. Hence, it holds the
opinion that incubation saved 100
lives.
| But as against this favorable view,
there is to be taken into account a
very significant record of NJ Pasteur's
practice. 1t is affirmed that the aver
| age annual number of deaths from n.y.
drophobia in France since 1850 has
been 80. Pasteur records that 81 OF
the patients inoculated by him in ff-
teen months died of hydrophobia- This
| forces one of two conclusions: either
| during the fifteen months spoken of
the cases of hydrophobia must have
run far above the average number. or
M. Pasteur's treatment effe cted but q
! small reduction in the number of
deaths. All things considered, it
| seems desirable to hold the new
theories and practice as still on pro-
baton. Demorest's Monthly.
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s'Why, what set Of old wives you
men must be here in this town to be
scared by lot of silly stories about
ghosts and hauntingsr'
:. Beg pardon again. sir; but neither
you nor any one else has right to
speak that way about men old enough
to be your father. I'd like to help the
Captains widow; but if you're to talk
like that, you'd better look for some
one else. Good morning. sir!"
Crawford was amused at the old fell
lows anger, but could not dispense
with him yet
Here, Burt-come back" he called
out, "Here's dollar for you, wheth-
er you go into the old house with me